Mclean bolton



(No Model.)

MGLBAN BOLTON.

TOY. No. 553,830. Patented Feb. 4, 1896.

.E '4 G `d1 f C U NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MCLEAN BOLTON, OE NEw YORK, N. Y.

TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,830, dated February4, 1896.

Application led May 31,1895. Serial No. 551,070. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MCLEAN BOLTON, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at New York city, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Toys, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a toy figure representing aperson in the act of shooting an arrow from a bow, or a dart or othermissile from a gun.

The main object ofmy invention is to raise the arm of the figurecarrying the bow or gun when placing the projecting device under tensionand to so arrange the arm that it will drop when the arrow, dart, orother missile is shot forward; and my invention consists in the noveldevices and combination of devices hereinafter more fully set forth, andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figures 1 and 2are a front and rear elevation, respectively, of a figure representingan Indian in theact of shooting an arrow. Figs. 3 and 4 are a front andrear elevation, respectively, of a figure representing a hunter, forinstance, in the act of firing a gun; and Fig. 5, a top view of thegun.-

AA represents the figure mounted upon a base B.

C is the movable arm of the figure, pivoted at c to the body andcarrying an arrow or gun D, which is secured to or formed integral withthe arm C.

Referring to Figs. l and 2, cl indicates the bow-strin g, which ispreferably an elastic one, Y

although the bow itself might be made of spring metal or other suitablematerial to give the desired force to shoot the arrow. I prefer,however, to have the string cl elastic. The bow-string is placed undertension by drawing down on the cord e, which passes over a rigid blockj' secured to the body of.

the figure, and c indicates a ring on the cord e adapted to be hookedonto the catch g.

E represents the arrow, and d a hook for supportin git. The tail ofthearrow is notched and placed against the bow-string d at the point wherethe cord c is attached to it. To

shoot the arrow, the ring c is disengaged from the catch g, whereuponthe bow-string d throws the arrow forward. In placing the bow-stringunder tension by drawing down on the cord e the arm of the figure israised and held in the position indicated by placing the ring e on thecatch g, and when the ring is released and the arrow shot forward thearm drops by gravity to the side of the gure, as will be readilyunderstood.

In Figs. 3 and 4 the dart or other missile is placed on the upperside ofthe gun, which is preferably grooved, and against the fork h, each prongof which is secured to an elastic or other tension device d secured atany desirable point on the sides of the gun or eX- tending to the end ofthe gun-barrel, as indicated in the drawings. The tension device d isplaced under tension by drawing down on the cord e, which is secured tothe fork h, and in placing the same under tension the arm of the figureis raised, as above explained. In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown the cord epassing over the butt of the gun-stock and through an eye f', instead ofpassing it over a block, as in Figs. land 2. On releasing the ring efrom the catch g the fork h is pulled forward by the tension device dand the dart or missile is shot from the gun, and at the same time thearm of the iigure carrying the gun drops to the side of the iigure. Apin passes through the gun-barrel and under which passes the elastic d.This pin serves to prevent Vthe fork h becoming displaced when the dartor other missile is shot forward.

1. In a toy of the character described, a hinged or pivoted arm carryinga bow, gun or similar device, adapted to be raised to a firing positionby the act of placing the proj ecting device under tension, and adaptedto drop to the side of the igure upon dischargd ing the projectile,substantially as set forth.

2. In a toy of the character described, a hinged or pivoted arm carryinga bow, gun or similar device, in combination with a cord for raising thearm and placing the projecting lcllevice under tension, substantially asset fort 3. In a toy of the character described, the This specificationsigned and witnessed this combination with the pivoted arm C carrying29th day of May, 1895. a bow, gun or similar device, of L projectingdevice, cord e for raising saidarm and placv MCLEAN BOTHON. 5 ing theprojecting device under tension, and VituesScs:

L catch g, substantially as and for the pui XV. PELZER,

pose set forth. EUGENE CONRAN.

